A. Presentation To Clerk Of The District Court: The clerk of the district court shall, within sixty (60) calendar days of the deadline for the submission of the signatures, verify the signatures contained in the petition.
B. Removal Of Signature By Signer:
1. Before Presentation: The signer of any initiative or referendum petition may remove his or her own name from the petition by crossing out, obliterating or otherwise defacing his or her own signature at any time prior to the time the petition is presented to the clerk of the district court for signature verification.
2. After Presentation: The signer of any initiative or referendum petition may have his or her name removed from the petition at any time after presentation of the petition to the clerk of the district court but prior to verification of the signature, by presenting or submitting to the clerk of the district court a signed statement that the signer desires to have his or her name removed from the petition. The statement shall contain sufficient information to clearly identify the signer. The clerk of the district court shall immediately strike the signer's name from the petition and adjust the total of certified signatures on the petition accordingly. The statement shall be attached to, and become a part of the initiative or referendum petition.
C. Circulator Qualifications; Certification: Any person who circulates any petition for an initiative or referendum shall be qualified elector of Shoshone County, Idaho. Each and every sheet of every such petition containing signatures shall be verified on the face thereof in substantially the following form, by the person who circulated said sheet of said petition, by his or her affidavit thereon, and as a part thereof.
State of Idaho
ss.
County of Shoshone
I, , being first duly sworn, say: That I am a qualified elector of Shoshone County, Idaho; that every person who signed this sheet of the foregoing petition signed his or her name thereto in my presence; I believe that each has stated his or her name, post office address and residence correctly, that each signer is a qualified elector of Shoshone County, Idaho, and a resident of the county.
Signed
Post Office Address
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of
(Notary Seal) Notary Public
Residing at
Any petition upon which signatures are obtained by a person not a qualified elector of Shoshone County, Idaho, shall be void.
D. Certification By Clerk: In addition to said affidavit the clerk of the district court shall carefully examine said petitions and shall attach to the signature sheets a certificate. (Ord. 111, 4-13-1998; amd. 2001 Code)
State of Idaho
ss.
County of Shoshone
I, , County Clerk of Shoshone County, do hereby certify that signatures on this petition are those of qualified electors.
Signed
County Clerk or Deputy
(Seal of office)
E. Forms: The forms herein given are not mandatory and if substantially followed in any petition, it shall be sufficient disregarding clerical and merely technical error. (Ord. 111, 4-13-1998)